Yuan Shu clearly knew that Xi Zhi was the most exciting general, but he was still a little excited when he heard him say this. Everyone in the world knew about Yuan Shao's plot in Jizhou. If Yuan Shao got the imperial seal, the difficulty of seizing Jizhou would be reduced by at least half.

The status of the legitimate son of the Yuan family in Runan will be seriously threatened, which is not what Yuan Shu wants to see.

So he snorted coldly and said: "Yuan Shao is a slave of my Yuan family, and his stronghold is far away in the Bohai Sea. Han Wenjie also has 20,000 troops stationed in Hanoi, and he is close to Wei County. The outcome of the two people's fight for Jizhou is unpredictable. What's the reason for Wei Zhongdao?

Abandoning the near and seeking the far, Or seeking the fish by taking advantage of the tree?

It's just that Wei Zhongdao asked for too much, and I can't get it together in a short while. Besides, there are still 40,000 soldiers in Nanyang who are waiting for food and need to consume a lot of food. Less, less, I will think of ways to get it together as soon as possible.

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Xi Zhicai glanced at Yuan Shu with a confused look on his face: "Zhongzhong can't make the decision on this matter. I just don't know how much General Ming can lend? How long will it take to deliver it? Zhongye better send someone back to ask my general for instructions. Otherwise, what happens if my general

I can't wait to send someone to contact Cheqi. Even if Cheqi can't come up with so much for a while, aren't there still people from Yanzhou? What if my family will????????????????

It would be embarrassing if my military rank agreed to riding."

Hearing this, Yuan Shu seemed to calm down a bit and sat down and said, "How about five hundred thousand dan? If it's half a million, I can have people organize the shipment immediately, and they will all be sent to Yingchuan within half a month."

Xi Zhicai shook his head repeatedly: "This is a jade seal used by the emperor to pass down the country. It is the only one in the world. If General Ming is like this, Zhong will have no choice but to say goodbye."

After Xi Zhicai finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave. Yuan Shu waved his hands and said with a smile: "Sir, don't be anxious, sir, don't be anxious. I will sit down and think about it carefully to see if I can get some together. Let's do it. Five

One hundred thousand stones will be shipped first, and when Wei Zhongdao delivers the imperial seal, how about another two hundred thousand stones?"

Xi Zhicai shook his head: "General Ming, my general and the 400,000 Henan disaster victims are looking forward to food day and night. If General Ming is sincere, he can first have one million stones transported to his father's city, and then Zhong persuades my general to send people

Send the imperial seal to General Ming. Then the general will send the remaining 500,000 shi to his father's city. This is my general's bottom line. It's less than 1 million shi. Zhong can't mention this to my general.

Ah. I’m afraid General Ming won’t be able to see the imperial seal.”

The corner of Yuan Shu's mouth twitched, and he heard that Wei Xuan wanted to exchange the jade seal of the country with him for one million stones of food. What a huge appetite, it was really a big deal. But in his heart, he also felt that Wei Xuan

The pricing was carefully considered. If I had such a treasure and was in such difficulties, I would make such a decision.

But this is one million stones. If this food comes into the hands of Wei Xuan, he will definitely recruit troops. Now that Wei Xuan has occupied three counties, and has Sun Jian as an ally, it will be a bit difficult for him to occupy Jingzhou and go north.

trouble.

But this imperial seal is too tempting. If the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family can take another step forward in their own hands, then Yuan Shao will have to obey him no matter what. From now on, he will be the real head of the Yuan family in Runan. He may even use this imperial seal one day.

It is also possible for Yuxi to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

Yuan Shu was very confused. He thought Wei Xuan had a big appetite, otherwise he would not have come and went directly to Yuan Shao. Thinking of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu was determined to get the Jade Seal of the Kingdom. He looked at Xi Zhicai and said again

He opened his mouth and tried: "Sir, one million is too much. Sir, do you think this can be done like this, 700,000 dan. The 700,000 dan will be shipped first, and the remaining 300,000 copies will be delivered within a month."

Xi Zhicai saw Yuan Yuanshu relent and knew that his general's guess was not wrong. So he was confident in his heart. He pretended to think for a while and then said with a troubled face: "General Ming, let's do this. 700,000 shi of food will be sent first."

Father City, after the inspection is correct, General Ming can send people to Father City to wait, and then loyally report to my general to bring the imperial seal to Father City. General Ming can send someone close to him or go there in person, and use the remaining three hundred thousand

Stone grains and five hundred thousand kilograms of refined iron are needed to make up the amount, and they will be traded face to face."

Yuan Shu's eyes widened. He didn't expect that Wei Xuan was also eyeing the fine iron in Nanyang. There was food and fine iron, and he gave up most of Yuzhou. This was clearly the rhythm of a large-scale invasion of Chang'an. If this was the case, Yuan Shu would be relieved.

, he felt that Wei Xuan's victory in Henan was purely luck, and it was Dong Zhuo's reversal that forced Xiliang's troops to return home. If Dong Zhuo had not forcibly moved the capital, Wei Xuan would have been competing with Kong Min at this moment.

Wei Xuan requires no more than 100,000 kilograms of fine iron. This kilogram of iron is only worth 10 to 15 yuan. Five hundred thousand kilograms is five to eight million yuan.

, it is less than 20,000 to 30,000 dan used to buy grain. It can be purely used as a bonus in such a big deal. But although the fine iron is not valuable, Yuan Shu must consider it carefully in such a large quantity. Because such a quantity of fine iron can

Armed with about 10,000 heavy infantry or heavy cavalry.

Seeing Yuan Shu's hesitation, Xi Zhicai quickly explained: "General Ming, I am dissatisfied with you. My general is preparing to farm in Henan. Nowadays, farm tools are scarce. These fine irons can also alleviate the problem."

Yuan Shu's eyes lit up when he heard this. He believed that Xi Zhicai's words were partially credible. Even if Wei Xuan was given 1.5 million shi of grain as requested by Wei Xuan, according to Wei Xuan's waste rate, each soldier would be nearly a year old.

Twenty stones, the war horse is ten times the martial arts of the soldier, and it seems that the amount of food is only enough for one year. So what to eat next? Farming is necessary! Where do the farm tools come from, and of course it is impossible to give them to the soldiers.

Weapons were destroyed to build.

What Yuan Shu didn't believe was that Yu Xi Zhicai used 500,000 kilograms of fine iron to replace 100,000 shi of grain, which is equivalent to one kilogram of fine iron for one shi of grain. Such an exchange must be an advantage for Yuan Shu. I think Wei Xuan's psychological price is one million.

Stone grain and refined iron are optional gifts upon request.

After thinking about it, Yuan Shu finally made up his mind. Then he remembered something and asked: "Sir, I heard that Dong Zhuo had many cavalry in his army. Now that Wei Zhongdao has defeated Dong Zhuo, he must have captured a lot of horses. You

Let’s see if we can get some of Zhong Daoyun to come out to the general so that we can use them to deliver messages on weekdays.”

Xi Zhicai looked embarrassed: "My general is obsessed with leading troops into Chang'an. Sooner or later, there will be a battle with Dong Zhuo. The number of war horses in the army is also very limited. Well, if General Ming agrees to this deal, he will go back to persuade him.

Please advise my general to sell the general a few hundred horses at a cheaper price than three hundred shi of grain for a war horse."

Yuan Shu was speechless. He came from a wealthy family, and Wei Xuan was also from a famous family. A few hundred war horses would have to be bargained for in such a transaction. However, the price of three hundred shi of grain for a war horse was not expensive. Ten thousand shi of grain could buy three hundred shi of grain.

There are more than a hundred war horses, and the food will be gone after eating them. War horses are a scarce strategic resource in the mainland.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shu thought about it in his mind for a while and continued: "Sir, do you think we can have more war horses?"

Xi Zhicai shook his head: "General Ming, you must keep this matter a secret for my general. If that chariot, Cao Mengde, and other prefecture and county chiefs know the news, they all use food to exchange with my general. My general

If we can't bring out so many war horses, wouldn't we offend others?"

Yuan Shu nodded, it was the same reason, and if he wanted more, Wei Xuan would have less. War horses are a scarce strategic resource, and many times they cannot be bought even if they have money.

In the end, after several exchanges between the two parties, it was finally settled. Yuan Shu first transported 500,000 shi of grain to his father's city, and then Wei Xuan sent people to deliver the Chuan Guo Jade Seal here. Yuan Shu sent Yuan Yin to check the authenticity of the Chuan Guo Jade Seal, and then Yuan Shu

The remaining 500,000 pounds of grain and 500,000 pounds of refined iron were raised and traded face to face.

At the same time, both parties promised not to leak the transaction or the imperial seal.

This transaction is indeed mutually beneficial for both parties, each getting what they need. It seems that Yuan Shu suffered a big loss, but in fact, the imperial seal is very noble to people of this era, especially to Yuan Shu who is as ambitious as he is??????

It is a priceless treasure for people who are interested in it.

He could continuously obtain grain and refined iron by plundering the people of Nanyang, but the jade seal passed down to the country was this one. It has been passed down since the time of Qin Shihuang to the present day, and it has eight characters on it, written by Li Si, which read: "The Divine Right to the King is Given to the King and Longevity and Yongchang".

Yuan Shu felt that it was God's will to obtain the Chuan Guo Jade Seal. The Yuan family no longer looked down on official positions such as Lu Shangshu and Taifu. He thought of using the Chuan Guo Jade Seal's appeal to quickly occupy Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and even Yuzhou.

, even when he ordered the world, he couldn't help but feel excited in his heart.

For Wei Xuan, buying and selling imperial seals is naturally detrimental to his reputation, so even Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others have not known about it, because if Jia Xu knows, it means that Xu Rong and all the surrendered soldiers in Xiliang know about it. Guo Jia knows about it.

Xun Yu knew it, and all the nobles in Yingchuan knew it.

Wei Xuan had no choice. If he gave up Henan and returned to Yingchuan, he might fall behind Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu in the coming era of competition. Even Tao Qian and Liu Dai would go further than him.

With this food, he can recruit a large number of victims to work in the fields, and he can expand his army to 40,000, and there will be no problem with food for a year.

Of course, Yuan Shu transported grain to Yingchuan in the name of Wei Xuan's request for help. The reason was to provide relief to the 400,000 victims of the disaster in Henan and to ask people to fill the imperial mausoleum. As a post-general, Yuan Shu decided to support Wei Xuan, the hero of the crusade against Dong Zhuo, with an army of 200,000 shi.

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Later, Yuan Shu spread the word to the world, saying that he recognized Sun Jian, the governor of Yuzhou recommended by Wei Xuan, and also recognized the governor of Yingchuan, Zheng Zheng, and the prime minister of Lu, Liu Bei, recommended by Sun Jian.

This series of operations by the two people dazzled Yuan Shao and Han Fu in Hebei, Liu Dai, Cao Cao and others in Yanzhou. Some people speculated that as a close ally, Yuan Shao wasted no effort to prevent Wei Xuan from advancing westward, causing the two

They parted ways, and Wei Xuan turned to Yuan Shu for support.

Yuan Shao was the most sensitive and believed in this statement. After receiving the news, he was so angry that he almost spit out a mouthful of blood. He hurriedly summoned his searchers to discuss countermeasures.
Chapter completed!